kbottoms22@Nul.org
Speaker Bio
Keisha Lance Bottoms is a compassionate leader and committed public servant. Keisha Lance Bottoms is the Senior Advisor to the President and Director of the White House Office of Public Engagement. Most recently, Director Bottoms was the 60th Mayor of Atlanta.
A lifelong public servant, Director Bottoms was the only Mayor in Atlanta’s history to have served all three branches of government, serving as a judge and City Councilmember before being sworn in as Mayor.
Only the second woman to have been elected to Atlanta’s highest office, Director Bottoms was designated a “Woman to Watch in 2018” by Viacom’s BET Network. She has been profiled by Atlanta Magazine, Georgia Trend Magazine, Ebony Magazine, Essence Magazine, and Politico Magazine, where she was named “the most prominent black female executive in the South – and one of the few in the entire country.”
A product of Atlanta Public Schools, Director Bottoms graduated from Frederick Douglas High School and received her undergraduate degree from Florida A&M University. She earned her Juris Doctorate from Georgia State University College of Law
An active member of the community, Director Bottoms is a member of the State Bar of Georgia, Jack and Jill of America, The Links, Incorporated, and Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated. She has also served on the board of Families First and shares her personal story of adoption and advocates on behalf of adoption and foster care.
Mayor Bottoms is the daughter of Sylvia Robinison and R&B icon Major Lance. She resides in historic Southwesr Arlanra with her husband, Derek W. Bottoms, their four children- Lance, Langston, Lennox, and Lincln, and their dog, Logan.